- Dancin' Thru The Dark
 Is
an adaptation of Willy Russell's play Stags and Hens in which
a group of girls and local lads venture out for a night of pre-marriage
stag and hen party celebrations.
- Ironically, both sexes end
up partying at the same Liverpool disco, Brancky's.
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- Linda, the bride-to-be (Claire
Hackett), runs into her old boyfriend, Peter (Con O'Neill), on
the eve of her wedding to her fiancee, Dave (Conrad Nelson),
Peter, a musician with a single climbing up the pop charts, performs
a concert at Bransky's.
Whilst entering the club, Dave, in a drunken stupor, becomes
ill from the indian curry he ate previously and spends the remainder
of the evening crawling around the men's lavatory floor.
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- His mates, including Kas,
(Simon O'Brien of Brookside fame [British TV soap]) and gang
leader Eddie (Mark Womack) decide to take the law into their
own hands when they discover Linda has developed a crush on Peter
and has second thoughts about marrying Dave.
| A BBC & Formost Films Production |
- Directed by
Mike Ockrent
- Produced by
Annie Russell and Andree Molyneux
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| THE CAST: |
- Linda - Claire
Hackett
- Peter - Con
O'Neill
- Kas - Simon
O'Brien
- Maureen -
Angela Clark
- Eddie - Mark
Womack
- Frances -
Louise Duprey
- Club Manager
- Colin Welland
- Dave - Conrad
Nelson
- Bernadette
- Julia Deakin
- and Andrew
Naylor, Peter Watts & Sandy Hendrickse
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| THE SCREENPLAY: |
- Adapted from
'Stags and Hens'.
- As well as writing the screenplay
and composing music for the film, Willy Russell appears in a
cameo role.
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| MUSIC: |
 The film contained several songs written
by Willy Russell and a single of the title song, performed by
Con O'Neill, was released.
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- Paradise:
Ruby
Turner, Loris Holland & Jolyon Rimmer, Sung by Ruby Turner
- Town Tonight: Willy Russell
- Performed
by Con O'Neill
- So Many
People:
Willy Russell
- Performed
by Con O'Neill
- Shoestring: Willy Russell
- Performed
by Con O'Neill
- Dancin'
Thru The Dark: Willy
Russell
- Performed
by Con O'Neill
- Once in
a Lifetime: Willy
Russell
- Performed
by Deon Estus
- Unfortunately DANCIN' THRU
THE DARK is not available on either video or DVD.
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 Willy
Russell said, " I don't know why it's not available but I
suspect it may have something to do with the fact that Palace
Pictures, the film's original distributors went bust a few years
ago and so I suspect Dancin' Thru The Dark, along with
a whole lot of other titles, may be languishing in some pit of
receivership / copyright hell."
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- WR Ltd is currently looking at the possibility of re-releasing
Dancin' Thru the Dark.
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